2025 IIHF World Championship

2025 edition of the IIHF World Championship

Main article: 2025 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

2025 IIHF World ChampionshipVärldsmästerskapet i ishockey för herrar 2025 (in Swedish)
IIHF Verdensmesterskabet 2025 (in Danish)

Tournament details
Host countries|  Sweden
Denmark
Venue(s)| 2
Dates| 9–25 May
Teams| 16

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The 2025 IIHF World Championship will be co-hosted by Stockholm, Sweden, and Herning, Denmark, from 9 to 25 May 2025. This decision regarding Sweden was made at the 2018 semi-annual International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) congress in Malta, and was officially announced on 24 May 2019, at the IIHF's annual congress during the World Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia.[1] At the same time, it was announced that Denmark would co-host the championship.[2]

## Venues

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Sweden |

Stockholm

Herning

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Stockholm | Herning
Avicii Arena
Capacity: 16,000  | Jyske Bank Boxen
Capacity: 15,000

## Participants

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Qualified as hosts

* Sweden
* Denmark

Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2024 IIHF World Championship

* Austria
* Canada
* Czechia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Kazakhstan
* Latvia
* Norway
* Slovakia
* Switzerland
* United States

Qualified through winning promotion from the 2024 IIHF World Championship Division I

* Hungary
* Slovenia

## Seeding

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The seedings in the preliminary round are based on the 2024 IIHF World Ranking, at the end of the 2024 IIHF World Championship, using the serpentine system while allowing the organizers, "to allocate a maximum of two teams to separate groups," while ensuring hosts Sweden and Denmark will be in separate groups.[3]

Group A (Stockholm)

* Canada (1)
* Finland (3)
* Sweden (7)
* Slovakia (9)
* Latvia (10)
* Austria (13)
* France (14)
* Slovenia (19)

Group B (Herning)

* Czechia (4)
* Switzerland (5)
* United States (6)
* Germany (8)
* Denmark (11)
* Norway (12)
* Kazakhstan (15)
* Hungary (18)

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## Marketing

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### Slogan

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The slogan of the competition is pulse, and main phrase of it is "Feel the Pulse".[4]

### Mascot

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The mascot of the event is called Beaty, a character with a heart-shaped face and bright cheeks. Beaty is a lively and agile mascot who bounces around, spreading energy to everyone around it, and always with a high pulse.[5]

## Preliminary round

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The groups were announced on 30 May 2024,[6] with the schedule being revealed on 19 August 2024.[7]

### Group A

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Main article: 2025 IIHF World Championship Group A

Pos | Team

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1  |  Canada | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | Quarterfinals
2  |  Finland | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
3  |  Sweden (H) | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
4  |  Slovakia | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
5  |  Latvia | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | Qualification for 2026 IIHF World Championship
6  |  Austria | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
7  |  France | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
8  |  Slovenia | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | Relegation to 2026 Division I A

First match(es) will be played: 9 May 2025. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best-ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament
(H) Host

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9 May 2025
Austria |  | v |  |  Finland |
Sweden |  | v |  |  Slovakia |
10 May 2025
Slovenia |  | v |  |  Canada |
Sweden |  | v |  |  Austria |
France |  | v |  |  Latvia |
11 May 2025
Slovakia |  | v |  |  Slovenia |
Latvia |  | v |  |  Canada |
Finland |  | v |  |  France |
12 May 2025
Austria |  | v |  |  Slovakia |
Finland |  | v |  |  Sweden |
13 May 2025
Slovenia |  | v |  |  Latvia |
Canada |  | v |  |  France |
14 May 2025
Slovakia |  | v |  |  France |
Latvia |  | v |  |  Sweden |
15 May 2025
Finland |  | v |  |  Slovenia |
Canada |  | v |  |  Austria |
16 May 2025
Austria |  | v |  |  France |
Sweden |  | v |  |  Slovenia |
17 May 2025
Finland |  | v |  |  Latvia |
France |  | v |  |  Sweden |
Canada |  | v |  |  Slovakia |
18 May 2025
Slovenia |  | v |  |  Austria |
Slovakia |  | v |  |  Latvia |
19 May 2025
France |  | v |  |  Slovenia |
Canada |  | v |  |  Finland |
20 May 2025
Latvia |  | v |  |  Austria |
Slovakia |  | v |  |  Finland |
Canada |  | v |  |  Sweden |

### Group B

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Main article: 2025 IIHF World Championship Group B

Pos | Team

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1  |  Czechia | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | Quarterfinals
2  |  Switzerland | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
3  |  United States | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
4  |  Germany | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
5  |  Denmark (H) | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | Qualification for 2026 IIHF World Championship
6  |  Norway | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
7  |  Kazakhstan | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
8  |  Hungary | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | Relegation to 2026 Division I A

First match(es) will be played: 9 May 2025. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best-ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament
(H) Host

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9 May 2025
Switzerland |  | v |  |  Czechia |
Denmark |  | v |  |  United States |
10 May 2025
Norway |  | v |  |  Kazakhstan |
Germany |  | v |  |  Hungary |
Denmark |  | v |  |  Switzerland |
11 May 2025
United States |  | v |  |  Hungary |
Germany |  | v |  |  Kazakhstan |
Norway |  | v |  |  Czechia |
12 May 2025
United States |  | v |  |  Switzerland |
Czechia |  | v |  |  Denmark |
13 May 2025
Norway |  | v |  |  Germany |
Kazakhstan |  | v |  |  Hungary |
14 May 2025
United States |  | v |  |  Norway |
Kazakhstan |  | v |  |  Denmark |
15 May 2025
Switzerland |  | v |  |  Germany |
Czechia |  | v |  |  Hungary |
16 May 2025
Hungary |  | v |  |  Denmark |
Switzerland |  | v |  |  Norway |
17 May 2025
United States |  | v |  |  Germany |
Czechia |  | v |  |  Kazakhstan |
Denmark |  | v |  |  Norway |
18 May 2025
Kazakhstan |  | v |  |  United States |
Hungary |  | v |  |  Switzerland |
19 May 2025
Germany |  | v |  |  Czechia |
Hungary |  | v |  |  Norway |
20 May 2025
Switzerland |  | v |  |  Kazakhstan |
Czechia |  | v |  |  United States |
Germany |  | v |  |  Denmark |

## Playoff round

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There will be a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.

| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| B2|

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| B3| |

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## References

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1. ^ "IIHF – IIHF Worlds bids in for '23, '24, '25". IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
2. ^ "Danmark bliver VM-vært i 2025 sammen med Sverige". ishockey.dk (in Danish). 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
3. ^ "IIHF Sport Regulations (pgs4,5)" (PDF). iihf.com. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
4. ^ "IIHF - The 'Pulse' of the 2025 IIHF WM can already be sensed". IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation.
5. ^ "IIHF - Meet Beaty – The official mascot of 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship". IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation.
6. ^ "The 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship grouping revealed". Retrieved 30 May 2024.
7. ^ "2025 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship game schedule released". iihf.com. Retrieved 19 August 2024.

## External links

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Championships
(Top Division)|

| Editions|

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Finals|

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* ~~2020~~
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Rosters|

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* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

Division I|

* 1998(B)/(C)
* 1999(B)/(C)
* 2000(B)/(C)
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~
* ~~2021~~
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Division II|

* 1998(D)
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* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
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* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~
* ~~2021~~
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Division III|

* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~
* ~~2021~~
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

Division IV|

* ~~2020~~
* ~~2021~~
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
* 2025

* Team appearances
* Medalists
* Attendance
* Awards winners

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